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From: Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
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Subject: Re: OT: Programming Languages
Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2024 16:05:27 GMT
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On a sunny day (Sat, 02 Nov 2024 07:44:05 -0700) it happened john larkin
<JL@gct.com> wrote in <p5ecij1jf5a4in5mnmelkdfrovelr0esko@4ax.com>:

>On Sat, 02 Nov 2024 07:44:28 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
>wrote:
>
>>On a sunny day (Fri, 1 Nov 2024 22:50:41 -0000 (UTC)) it happened Nick Hayward
>><nhayward8990@protonmail.com> wrote in <vg3m01$3e15j$2@dont-email.me>:
>>
>>>On Fri, 1 Nov 2024 19:57:21 +0100, Jeroen Belleman wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11/1/24 19:04, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>>> You can call me old fashioned, but I still believe there's never been a
>>>>> more elegant computer language than the original K&R C. You can keep
>>>>> the rest; I'll stick with that.
>>>> 
>>>> Agreed! All the hand-holding of later versions just get in the way.
>>>> 
>>>> Jeroen Belleman
>>>
>>>What about C++?
>>
>>It is a crime against humanity!!!
>
>Most computing languages originate from programmers wanting to play
>with programming because solving real-world problems - the things we
>pay them to do - isn't interesting.
>
>In academia, they need toys and things to argue about so they keep
>inventing languages. It's like economists who can't say "let the
>market work, and econ 101 is all anybody needs."
>
>I sat in on one cs class where new languages weren't enough fun, so
>the prof lectured about compiler compilers, a whole new layer of
>abstraction.

I remember having to use Pascal...
Did get into an argument with some prof when I pointed out an error is his paper.

I have had arguments with teachers before in schools...
When the exams came I passed.. Bye!
OTOH I met some teachers later and they even remembered me
and were all curious and enthusiastic... asked what do you do these days?
nice.